Tools to Help Emergency Managers Meet the Needs of Latino Communities
Tuesday, February 28
2:00 p.m. ET (1:00 CT/Noon MT/11:00 PT)

Co-hosted with the National Council of La Raza, FEMA Private Sector Division and the FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison Unit

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If you’re interested in increasing disaster preparedness efforts within the Latino community, then don’t miss this FREE webinar on February 28.

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Overview

Listen as presenters highlight components of the recently-released emergency management toolkit designed to improve responsiveness to Latinos in disaster planning, relief, and recovery efforts. This toolkit was developed by the National Council of La Raza in collaboration with the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism, and the National Immigration Law Center.

Additional webinar topics include:

Don’t forget to check our recent Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Tools webinar, which highlighted additional Whole Community tools for the Latino communities.

If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

2012 State of FEMA Report

In 2011, together with its partners across the whole community, FEMA responded to a record setting year of disasters, provided assistance to help communities across the Nation through its grant programs, and helped lead the way toward a National Preparedness Goal—a national vision of preparedness for how the nation will work together to approach its shared risk.

Today, FEMA would like to present you with the 2012 State of FEMA report. For the first time, FEMA has captured the highlights of its accomplishments for the year, laid out who it is and provided a vision for where it is going. The 2012 State of FEMA report also shows how utilizing the “whole community” has allowed FEMA to collaborate with its partners to better prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.

The 2012 State of FEMA report tells just a portion of the FEMA story. It also shows how much more there is to do. With the continued dedication of the emergency management community and the support of Congress, FEMA is confident it will continue to grow, improve and serve this Nation proudly

Citizen Corps Partners and Affiliates Updates

Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)—Celebrating a Decade of Service

2012 marks the tenth year the Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program has provided volunteer support and resources to state, local, territorial, tribal, and campus law enforcement agencies. Many exciting plans are scheduled to recognize this decade of service. Additionally, VIPS will add to its wealth of resources by launching its second E-learning course, VIPS and Disaster Response and will release a new resource highlighting youth volunteers in law enforcement. Make sure to keep your eyes on the VIPS website and VIPS Info newsletter for more information throughout the year. And don’t forget to encourage law enforcement volunteer programs in neighboring communities to register with VIPS today!

Youth Preparedness Coming to a Town Near You

Citizen Corps and FEMA Region VIII are coming to Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012, for a day-long workshop on implementing youth preparedness in community-based organizations.

This workshop is designed to provide you with the information you need to start integrating youth preparedness into your organization’s existing youth offerings or to build a youth preparedness program from scratch.

As a workshop attendee, you will receive live instruction and a “how-to” guide on key topics, including:

Throughout the day, you will also interact with and learn from experts who have developed and delivered some of the most successful youth preparedness programs in the country.  Additionally, you will collaborate with these experts and your peers in a series of hands-on activities
that will produce some of the tools and inputs necessary to implement an effective program.

The This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. next workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Red Rocks Park & Amphitheater (Meeting Rooms) in Denver, Colorado. For more information please contact, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Daniel Nyquist NO LATER THAN Monday, February 20, 2012.

Future tentative workshops include:
FEMA Region VII: March 21, 2012; Kansas City, Missouri
FEMA Region X: April, 2012
FEMA Region I: June, 2012

For more information about integrating preparedness education into your local youth programs, send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.